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Well this is discouraging news in one sense but somewhat encouraging news in another: Daniel Bryan's "stinger" injury that he suffered during last night's (June 17, 2013) episode of Monday Night Raw at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during his match with Randy Orton was legitimate. And the decision made to stop the match was a shoot. That's according to Dave Meltzer at the Wrestling Observer in today's Daily Update: Daniel Bryan was injured in his match with Randy Orton last night and the finish was essentially a shoot as they stopped a match that Daniel was scheduled to win. The story online that he suffered a stinger is legit. For its part, WWE played up the story with an article on the company website featuring comments from Triple H on putting the health of his performers first followed by an apparent kayfabe confrontation with Bryan, who wasn't happy about his match getting stopped. An excerpt: Among the most controversial moments of a wild Raw in Michigan was the unexpected stoppage of the Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton contest after the submission expert suffered a "stinger" in the middle of the bout and was deemed unfit to compete by WWE officials, with the final decision coming from WWE COO Triple H himself. "Whether anybody likes it or not, it's my job as COO of this company," confirmed Triple H to WWE.com. "I made the call that Daniel Bryan's health was important and I called the match." Bryan - currently battling a self-imposed perception that he is a "weak link" - seemed less than happy at the result on air, and in fact, he let The Game know exactly how he felt once he stepped backstage. "I saw Daniel face-to-face with Triple H, nose to nose, screaming at him, saying that the match should not have been stopped and he'd worked through several injuries over 13 years," said referee John Cone, who followed Bryan into the locker room area. There's no word on the severity of the injury and whether or not it will force Bryan to miss any time. He's currently being advertised for the SmackDown taping later on tonight in a match against Dean Ambrose. As always, Cagesiders, stay tuned.

Denny Medley – USA TODAY Sports In case you haven’t already heard, HBO‘s behind the scenes NFL documentary ‘Hard Knocks‘ will be back on our screen once more in 2013. And with that, everyone’s favorite Cincinnati football team, the Cincinnati Bengals, will be at the center of the documentary once more. The last time the Bengals were featured was in 2009, and we got a glimpse into the inner workings of Mr. Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson for an entire episode. It showed that there was a method to his madness, his obsession with social media and also showed that every word that he says is not just gibberish it actually has some meaning to it. 2009′s Hard Knocks popularized the phrase ‘Child Please’ something that we all say to this day (admit it). This season, one of the storylines that I am looking forward to most is the emergence of second-year receiver Mohamed Sanu as he goes from strength to strength. After going the first six games of the 2012 season with barely a catch to his name, the boards suddenly lit up with the name Sanu as he scored four touchdowns in three games before missing out on the rest of the season due to surgery on a fracture in his foot. Since then, we’ve all been very excited to see what the man can do, and getting an early glimpse of that on Hard Knocks will go along way to satiate our curiosity. At this point in time, very little is known about his performance in the NFL. He’s an enigma as far as fans are concerned because he only burst onto the scene for a few games, tore up the red zone and disappeared, leaving us wondering whether that was a fluke or not. Seeing what the coaches and the players all have to say about him behind the scenes as well as watching him work will go a long way towards Bengals fans believing he’s the man to take the number two receiver spot. There are a lot of talented receivers emerging in Cincinnati this season vying for a the number two spot alongside A.J. Green, and I’m excited to see if Sanu is the man for the job. That will all begin on August 6th with HBO’s Hard Knocks. Simon Greene -  Cincinnati Bengals Writer. Be sure to follow Simon on Twitter @simongreene88

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- Here’s footage from WWE’s anti-bullying rally in Chicago last Friday with Hornswoggle, Alicia Fox and Josh Mathews: - WWE posted outtakes from the new Sheamus “1-800-FELLA” commercial: - F4Wonline.com reports that Daniel Bryan was injured in his match with Randy Orton on RAW last night and the finish they did was essentially a shoot as they stopped a match that Bryan was scheduled to win. The storyline mention that he suffered a stinger is legit. Big Spoiler on Dolph Ziggler, Trouble with WWE Star, Vince’s Reason for Big Summer Storyline, Lots More Scoops…

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